Hello,
My name is Alexander V. Kel'in. I am a professional organic chemist with 16+ years of professional experience. I have defended my PhD thesis at the Belarussian State University (advisor, Prof. O.G. Kulinkovich), where I also worked as an assistant and associate professor.
My scientific interests are in the field of the development of versatile and regioselective synthetic approaches to complex thiophene and pyrrole oligomers that may be used in organic electronics, nanotechnology, as biologically active compounds and other applications.
I continued my work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where I worked for 2 years as a visiting researcher to pursue the development of novel and robust synthetic approaches to selectively substituted pyrroles and furans. For the last 6 years I have been working as a senior scientist and then a group leader at GLSynthesis Inc.
Currently, I am interested not only in the chemistry but also in the physics of organic compounds used in electronic devices and keep myself abreast of the latest news and developments of this exiting field of science and technology. Part of my work is summarized in publications:
Sromek, A.W.; Kel’in, A. V.; Gevorgyan, V. "A Novel 1,2-Migration of Acyloxy, Phosphatyloxy, and Sulfonyloxy Groups in Allenes: Efficient Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Furans" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2280-2282.
Kel’in, A. V.; Maioli, A. “Recent advances in the chemistry of 1,3-diketones, structural modifications and synthetic applications”, invited review, Curr. Org. Chem. 2003, 7, 1855-1886.
Kel’in, A. V. “Recent advances in the synthesis of 1,3-diketones”, invited review, Curr. Org. Chem. 2003, 7, 1691-1711.
Kim, J. T.; Kel’in, A. V.; Gevorgyan, V. “Novel 1,2-Migration of Thio-Group in Allenylsulfides: Efficient Synthesis of 3-Thio-Substituted Furans and Pyrroles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 98-101.
Kel’in, A. V.; Gevorgyan, V. “Efficient Synthesis of 2-Mono- and 2,5-Disubstituted Furans via CuI-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Alkynyl Ketones” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 95-98.
Bondarev, S. L.; Knvukshto, V. N.; Tikhomirov, S. A.; Kalosha, I. I.; Bobrov, S. A.; Masalov, N. V.; Nevar, N. M.; Tyvorskii, N. M.; Kel'in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G.; Dzilinski, K. "Influence of solvent polarity and viscosity on nonradiative processes in oligothiophenes with intramolecular charge transfer" J. Appl. Spectrosc. 2002, 69, 230 - 237.
Kel’in, A. V.; Sromek, A. W.; Gevorgyan, V. “A Novel Cu-Assisted Cycloisomerization of Akynyl Imines: Efficient Synthesis of Pyrroles and Pyrrole-Containing Heterocycles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2074-2075.
Nevar, N. M.; Kel’in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “One Step Preparation of 1,4-Diketones from Methyl Ketones and a-Bromomethyl Ketones in the Presence of ZnCl2.t-BuOH.Et2NR as a Condensation Agent” Synthesis 2000, 1259-1262.
Kel’in, A. V.; Kozyrkov, Yu. Yu. “A New Synthesis and Application of 1-Aryl-2,4-diones” Synthesis 1998, 729-734.
Kel’in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “A New Method for the Synthesis of (+/-)-cis-Disparlure, Sex Pheromone of Female Gypsy Moth” Russ. J. Org. Chem. 1998, 34, 1446-1448.
Prityckaya, T. S.; Kel’in, A. V.; Sorokin, V. L.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “Synthesis and Polymerisation of Derivatives of Dithienylfuran, Terthiophene, and Dithienylpyrrole” Proceedings of Belarus Academy of Sciences, Chemical Sciences 1998, 60-65.
Kel’in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “A New Simple Synthesis of Aryl-Substituted 1,4-Diketones” Synthesis 1996, 330-332.
Kulinkovich, O. G.; Kel’in, A. V.; Senin, P. V. “Synthesis of 1,4-Diketones through Methylketones Condensation with Aromatic a-Bromoketones in the Presence of Tetraisopropoxytitanium.” Russ. J. Org. Chem. 1995, 31, 1060-1062.
Kel’in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “Synthesis of 1,4-Diketones, 3,4-Epoxyketones, and 2,4-Disubstituted Furans Based on Products of Condensation of Ketone Magnesium Enolates with a-bromoketones.” Russ. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 30, 202-206.
Kel’in, A. V.; Kulinkovich, O. G. “Synthesis of g-Bromoacetoacetic Esters via Isopropylmagnesium Bromide Interaction with Alkylbromoacetates.” Russ. J. Org. Chem. 1994; 30, 1129-1130.
Kulinkovich, O. G.; Sorokin, V. L.; Kel’in, A. V. “Reaction of Ethylmagnesium Bromide with Esters in the Presence of Tributylvanadate.” Russ. J. Org. Chem. 1993; 29; 55-57.
PRESENTATIONS
Kel’in, A.V.; Sromek, A.W.; Gevorgyan V. “Cu(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Furans and Pyrroles from Alkynyl Ketones and Alkynyl Imines” 222nd ACS National Meeting: Chicago, IL, August, 2001, 325.
Kel’in, A.V.; Kozyrkov, Y.Y.; Kulinkovich, O.G. “Aldol Condensation of Methyl Ketones with a-Bromoketones - a New Synthetic Route to 1,3- and 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds” The Fifth International Symposium on Carbanion Chemistry (ISCC-5): Sendai, Japan, August 1998, OP-26.
Kel’in, A.V.; Kulinkovich, O.G. “A New Synthetic Approach to the Conjugated Five Membered Heterocycles with Long-chain Substituents” Symposium on Heterocyclic Compounds: Synthesis, Structure, and Biological Activity: Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, June-July 1995, P-12.